edged, egged

[Eng.edg(e); -ed.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Literally : (1) Furnished with or having an edge; sharp, keen. "We find that subtile or edged quantities do prevail over blunt ones." -Digby : On Bodies. (2) Furnished with or having a border or fringe; pordered, fringed. 2. Fig .: Sharpened, exasperated, incited, egged on. II. Technically : 1. Her .: An epithet applied to an ordinary to denote that the edging is placed only between the ordinary and the field, and not where it joins the escutcheon. Thus the cro es of SS. Andrew and George in the English Union flag are edged . 2. Bot .: A term used when one color is surrounded by a very narrow band of another.